Opening Statement by Chairman Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator for Indiana

Panel I

Christopher A. McLean
Acting Administrator
Rural Utilities Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Gregory Rhode
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

James C. May
Executive Vice president, Goevernment Relations
National Association of Broadcasters

Dave Parkhill
General Manager
Hamilton County Telephone Cooperative
Dahlgren, Illinois

John Hutchison
CEO, LTVS, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Panel II

Dr. Steven Jay, Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis,  Indiana

Christopher A. McLean
Acting Administrator
Rural Utilities Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Gregory Rhode
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Dave Parkhill
General Manager
Hamilton County Telephone Cooperative
Dahlgren, Illinois

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
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